Great Women Artists (Phaidon: Sept 2019)

In museums, galleries, and the art market, previously overlooked female artists are finally gaining recognition and value. I contributed multiple texts to this book which reflects the changing times and features some 400 artists from 50 countries and spans 500 years of creativity.

Flying Too Close to the Sun (Phaidon: May 2018)

Visual artists have endlessly grappled with classical Greek and Roman myths, fascinated by stories of heroes’ struggles with gods, monsters and fate. I contributed texts to this book which unites myth-inspired artworks by ancient, modern, and contemporary artists, from Botticelli and Caravaggio to Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst.

I contributed the The Vinyl Factory text for the catalogue marking this joint show by The Lisson Gallery and The Vinyl Factory.

The Art of the Erotic (Phaidon: Oct 2017)

I contributed multiple texts to this book which examines the depiction of human sexuality through the ages by many of the world’s most important artists, from Titian to Tillmans, Caravaggio to Kapoor, encompassing the delicately sensual and the graphically explicit.

Body of Art (Phaidon: 2015)

I wrote many short essays for this book featuring over 400 artists from the 25,000 BCE Venus of Willendorf to sculptures of eight-armed Hindu gods, Goya, Muybridge, Francesca Woodman and Marina Abramovic. Structured around themes such as Beauty, Power, Abject Body and Sex & Gender, it is described by the publisher as “the most expansive examination of the human body in art”.

Kuwait: Art and Architecture

I contributed two essays to this book surveying the art and architecture in this small Gulf state.